The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-30
THIs tNQt EST
Held on the Body Of Jim Williams
kIIIcd ON ImcshnN LNcmimg.

WI hiNAt
JOHN HARDW1CK POLICEMAN
sworn SAYS; About 5 o'clock yester-
day evening, I was called on by Mr.
Lee jenkins to assist him in arrest
ing an escaped convict. Thu de-
ceased was at house OF family u
negroes about quarter OF mile
above the bridge on the east side of
the river. We went out to the house,
and when within about forty feet OF
il Mr.. Jenkins remarked there sits
the man we want" lie was sitting
just out side the house. just then the
deceased saw us and started around
tho house on "a run. Mr.. Jenkins
started after him and ran
through the wire fence about TIE
yard and As he got by the side OF the
house he fired his pistol in the air and
told the deceased to halt, deceased
ran up the river towards the brick
yard aud before Mr.. jenkins got out
side the enclosure he fired again, WAS
then thirty or forty steps behind Mr.
Jcnkius he tnrn d 20 me and aid como
ahead we can run him down Deceas-
ed was then running close along the
river bunk on the cast side and con-
tiuucd about two hundred yards when
he turned aud ran into the water. At
that time Mr.. jenkins was or 10
feet behind him aud was hallomg to
him to stop. When deceased cot half
way across the river. Mr., Jenkins ran
up OH him, and the deceased stopped
and sworc Ard told Mr.. jenkins IT he
came up on him he would cut him.
The next minute both clinChed and
fell into the water and ! think both
went under once, | was in the water
and approaching them when Mr. Jen-
kins called TO me and said, "comc on
John or he viii XII me- Immediately
afterwards shot was fired. perhaps
two, then the scuilliug ceased and Mr.,
Jenkins took deceased 90 the bank.
He had him Mt the bank when | got
up with him. Mr.. jenkins and
a colored mnn dragged deceased up
the bank and asked Mr.. jenkins If
he was hunt. Deceased handed some
thing to the colored man aud said
take this We then sent fora hack
and brought deceased to town and
about a halt hour after he died at the
Jail. When we started TO town Mr..
Jenkins got OH his horse to go on and
have a physician ready TT the jail and
he got "A physician who attended de-
ceased before death.
JACK SLAUGHTER.
sworn test fed. was on the river
bank west siic fishing last night
about dusk when saw MIR. jenkins
aud deceased ON the other side. |
heard MIR. jenkins hallao to him to
stop. Tucy ran about POO yards up
the river. Mr.. jenkins shot ana the
ball fell on this side whore | was. De-
ceased turned into the water and NJ r.
jenkins again called on him % halt
lie continued running and was near
tho middle of the water. He then
said to Mr. Jtnkins, Don't run upon
me, if YOU do | will cut you." lie
had . knife in his hand. Mr. jenkins
called to him TO throw up his hands.
lie refused 10 do 30 but ran back to
Mr.. jenkins and they then had n
scullle in the water. During the
suuillc u pistol shot was fired. When
they got in about ten feet of the bank
another shot was fired, saw deccas
cd then stagger to the bank and he
said, II am dead man" | told him
he ought to have stopped rs Mr.. Jcn.
kins told him. He asked me to take
him by the hand and help him, lie
said he was scared aud gott to running
and could not stop. lie had "A little
knife in his hand and said, "IIere,
take this out of my hand The Oil
GERS then took him upon the bank
where he could lay down. Mr.. Jen-
kins' coat WAS cut.
Dan Ford testified TO being called
on to assist in the arrest and to reach
ing the river. lie said, taking up his
testimony ut this point, | heard Jcn-
kins halo to IIardwickc to come to
him quick. jumped oil my horse
and ran down TO the river | saw a
scu llle gong on in the water between
jenkins and the deceased and imme-
diately heard the shot of pistol. |
think | heard two shots. | went on
across the river. They had got de-
ceased on the west bank. Jenkins
was talking to deceased when came
up aud asked him why he fought so,
and he replied he did not want to go
( back yonder jenkins coat, vest and
shirt were cut and he had evidently
been entirely under the water Jen-
kius got on my horse and went for a
doctor and sent u hack in which we
brought dcceus,d to iail Jack
Slaughter who was standing by de-
ceased gave me knife which he sand
deceased had given to HIM soon after
he was taken from the water. De
ceased died in jail 40 or 80 minutes al
tqrwe got him to Jail,
ABE TYLER
sworn testified. was called 10 idon'
THY deceased. His correct name is
Jim Williams. When first knew
him ho was n convict near llearne in
! Robertson county He was peni.
Tertiary convict About three years
ago he was sentenced to the peniton-
tiary for ten years
+. 4. HENRY
testified; have seen tho deceased
this morning. About three years ago
was III the business of carrying con
yicts I o the penitentiary, and 10 the
best OF my belief / carried the de-
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